Vegas is an outlier. The incrediable amounts of money you can earn doing service jobs coupled with the cheap housing makes a comfortable living enjoyed only there. I am sure there are other places but overall those same jobs people in most other places would struggle with.
Example. My father. A felon with a 9th grade education… Made casino executive there and a decent living… He admits there was no other place he could have gone and done the same.
I aslo had a friend who was one of the first ppl to graduate from UNLV law. She chose to remain a cocktail waiteress becasue she earns 100K a year in tips and there is no stress to her job past the end of her shift.
And I have many more antedotals as well.
So while I agree a degree is no guarntee of a decent life or paycheck I complete disagree with her article in using Las Vegas…
People throw money at you there…
Last example… me. When I worked the pools decks during the summer I made 125 to 200 dollars a day in tips, and we knew our management was stealing from us too because they were pooled, at 15, 16, and 17 years old… I would work 6 days a week… would have worked 7 if my mother had allowed..
